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Telemetry Talks – Episode is here! In this episode, Diana and Jose introduce VictoriaMetrics Cloud, covering what it is, the problems it solves, and its pricing model, including how overages are handled. If you’re building or operating cloud-native systems and want a clearer, real-world understanding of OpenTelemetry and managed observability, this episode is for you. Resources for Further Learning.

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The final piece of the PaaS puzzle is observability. Once the platform is built, the challenge shifts to managing the volume of data generated by distributed services. In our first Tech Talk of 2026, Mathias and Marc discuss the technical path from platform deployment to standardized observability. We focus on the practical implementation of OpenTelemetry (OTel) and why choosing a high-performance backend is critical to avoiding the "Observability Tax.".

In the first episode of Telemetry Talks, Diana talks with Jose, VictoriaMetrics Cloud Lead, about the practical origins of observability and how OpenTelemetry is shaping modern monitoring. They cover why observability became critical as systems moved from monoliths to microservices, how OpenTelemetry unifies traces, metrics, and logs while avoiding vendor lock-in, and how it integrates natively with VictoriaMetrics.

Join Marc Sherwood and Jose Gomez-Selles as they unveil the significant updates to VictoriaMetrics Cloud from Q3 2025 and share a glimpse into the exciting roadmap for what's coming next! This session is packed with new features designed to make your monitoring experience more robust, user-friendly, and cost-effective. In this video, you'll discover: Expansion to Asia! VictoriaMetrics Cloud now has a brand new region on AWS ap-southeast-1 (Singapore) in Asia Pacific, bringing lower latency and regional data sovereignty closer to your teams and deployments.

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Discover the latest advancements in AI-driven monitoring with VictoriaMetrics. Fred Navruzov, Lead of the Anomaly Detection team, presents a comprehensive year-in-review for vmanomaly (part of the VictoriaMetrics Enterprise suite). This session dives into how we are making machine learning more accessible for SREs through new interactive tools and protocol integrations. Key Highlights: 2025 Recap: A look back at the major releases and improvements in vmanomaly. Interactive Playgrounds: A demo of our new environment for testing anomaly detection models before deployment. MCP Server Integration.

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Warm up VictoriaMetrics roadmap updates Spotify - Customer Story: "How & why we use VictoriaMetrics" Presenter: Lauren Roshore, Engineering Manager, Observability at Spotify.

Did you miss KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Atlanta, or are you still processing it? Join Marc Sherwood (Marketing), Mathias (SE Magician), Stephan Burns, and Diana (Evangelist) as they take you behind the curtain for an unfiltered look at the biggest cloud native event of the year! We’re diving deep into the massive shifts, key announcements, and major trends that are set to redefine the Kubernetes ecosystem in the next 12 months.